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• Pub & Kitchen owners Ed Hackett and Dan Clark appear to have successfully tapped into the magic that propelled their predecessors at 22nd and Spruce streets, Melograno and Meme, to three-bell status with their latest effort, Fitler Dining Room. Inky critic Craig LaBan gives the cozy, 30-seater three ringy-dingies, citing chef Rob Marzinsky’s “sharp focus of flavors and clarity of vision.” His butter-poached oysters, LaBan gushes, “are such an elegant modern riff on stew that they’d make his muse, M.F.K. Fisher, consider the oyster anew,” while his gnocchi, wrought from a “clever new technique,” come off as “ethereal puffs of meltaway potato dumplings.” Other highlights include a “well-informed and generous” service staff; a “surprisingly deep” wine list; and Vietnamese-inspired beef cheeks that are “so memorably tender they’re like beef pudding.” [Inquirer]